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50 free Parasite Movie trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Parasite trivia quiz covers Bong Joon Ho's 2019 black comedy, the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture. It follows the Kim family from their semi-basement flat into the Park house: the scholar's rock, Kevin and Jessica, the framed chauffeur, the peach allergy, the housekeeper's secret in the bunker, the flood, the birthday party and the Morse code from the basement. Behind the scenes it covers the play Bong wrote after tutoring a rich family, The Housemaid and the Papin sisters, the specially built house and flooding street, Darcy Paquet's subtitles and the invention of 'ram-don', the score's borrowed Handel, the black-and-white version and the film Bong edited on a decade-old copy of Final Cut Pro. A final round takes in the Palme d'Or at Cannes, the SAG ensemble award, and the 92nd Academy Awards, where Bong collected four statuettes and thanked Martin Scorsese. Note: this page is about the 2019 film, not the biology. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing.
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Q 01Who directed Parasite?
Bong Joon Ho
He co-wrote it with Han Jin-won, his production assistant on Snowpiercer.
Q 02What kind of home do the Kims live in?
A semi-basement flat
The banjiha is typical for poorer Seoul residents, and the first to flood in a monsoon.
Q 03What gift does family friend Min-hyuk bring the Kims?
A scholar's rock
It's meant to promise wealth, and later becomes a weapon.
Q 04What job does Ki-woo take over from Min-hyuk?
English tutor to Da-hye
Min-hyuk trusts him because he likes Da-hye and wants to ask her out later.
Q 05What English name does Ki-woo use with the Parks?
Kevin
He poses as a Yonsei University student with a certificate forged by his sister.
Q 06What role does Ki-jung, as 'Jessica', take in the Park household?
Art therapist to Da-song
Da-song has been traumatised by seeing a 'ghost' in the kitchen.
Q 07How do the Kims get rid of the Parks' chauffeur Yoon?
They make it look like he had sex in the car
Ki-taek is hired as his replacement.
Q 08What allergy do the Kims exploit to oust housekeeper Moon-gwang?
Peach
It was inspired by one of Bong's university friends; the Parks are told she has tuberculosis.
Q 09Who is hiding in the secret bunker under the Park house?
Moon-gwang's husband Geun-sae
He's been hiding from loan sharks and is the 'ghost' Da-song saw.
Q 10Who built the bunker?
The house's architect and previous owner
He kept its existence secret from the Parks; the film names him Namgoong Hyeonja.
Q 11Why do the Parks come home early from their camping trip?
A severe rainstorm
The same rain floods the Kims' flat with sewage.
Q 12Where do the Kims shelter after their flat floods?
A gymnasium
They're alongside other displaced people.
Q 13What is the occasion for the garden party in the climax?
Da-song's birthday
Mrs Park organises it on impulse the day after the storm.
Q 14What does Geun-sae use to bludgeon Ki-woo?
Q 21Who plays Ki-jung?
Park So-dam
Bong describes her as the family member who assimilates most easily into the wealthy world.
Q 22Which K-drama star has a cameo as Min-hyuk?
Park Seo-joon
The Itaewon Class star turned up for a brief cameo.
Q 23What did Bong originally write Parasite as?
A play
A theatre actor friend encouraged him while he was making Snowpiercer.
Q 24What personal experience inspired the story?
The scholar's rock
Ki-woo had carried it into the bunker with intentions unknown.
Q 15How does Chung-sook kill Geun-sae?
With a barbecue skewer
He had just stabbed Ki-jung in front of the party guests.
Q 16What finally provokes Ki-taek into stabbing Mr Park?
The Parks' lack of empathy and awareness of privilege
Mr Park recoils at Geun-sae's smell while ordering Ki-taek to drive.
Q 17How does Ki-taek communicate from the bunker at the end?
Morse code with a light
Ki-woo spots it while spying on the house, now owned by a foreign family.
Q 18Who plays Kim Ki-taek?
Song Kang-ho
He's Bong's frequent leading man, from Memories of Murder to The Host.
Q 19Who plays Mr Park?
Lee Sun-kyun
Cho Yeo-jeong plays his wife Yeon-gyo.
Q 20Who plays Ki-woo?
Choi Woo-shik
He also sings the end-credits song, 'A Glass of Soju', written by Bong.
Bong tutoring a wealthy family's son in his 20s
He said it felt like infiltrating the private lives of strangers.
Q 25Which 1960 Korean film did Bong cite as an influence?
The Housemaid
It's a 'domestic Gothic' about household help disrupting a middle-class family.
Q 26Which real 1930s French crime influenced the story?
The Papin sisters murdering their employers
Christine and Léa Papin were live-in maids.
Q 27What word did subtitler Darcy Paquet coin for jjapaguri?
Ram-don
It's a mix of Nongshim's Chapagetti and Neoguri; the English print shows packets labelled 'ramyeon' and 'udon'.
Q 28Which university did the subtitles substitute for Seoul National University?
Oxford
Paquet thought Harvard would be 'too obvious' and knew Bong's affinity for the UK.
Q 29How was the Park house created?
Purpose-built as a set
The ground floor and garden were built on an outdoor lot; the view beyond the garden was VFX.
Q 30Which outdated software did editor Yang Jin-mo cut the film on?
Final Cut Pro 7
The program hadn't been updated since 2011.